Anchorage for telegraph-poles.



No. 897,417. PA-TENTED SEPT. 1, 1908,.

. J. D. SEEE.

ANCHORAGE EOE TELEGEAEE PoLEs.

PPLIATION FILED JUNE 19, 1908.

A A A n NV EW A AiliA WIT /f [Nl/ENTOR in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

JOHN D. SELF, OF HAMILTON, GEORGIA.

ANCHORAGE FOR TELEGRAPH-POLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 1, 1908.

Application'led June *19, 1908. Serial No. 439,364.

make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and 'figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in standards for telegraph and telephone poles, etc., and especially in the provision of means whereby the post may be securely anchored to the ground.

The invention comprises various details of construction, combinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view showing the anchoring device for the post secured to the ground. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the flanged base portion of the anchorage, and Fig. 3 is a detail view of an arm collar which is mounted upon the cylindrical portion of'the flanged base of the device.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a socket member which may be either' cylindrical or angular outlined and is provided with a flanged base A.

B designates a collar having a central opening B about the u per marginal edge of which is an annular ange D. Angled arms E radiate from the circumference of said collar and their ends are upturned as shown.

F designates a post adapted to snugly lit the chambered ortion of the socket member A in which it te escopes in the manner shown A set screw I-I is mounted in a threaded opening in the socket member and is adapted to engage and hold the post in an upright position. Pins K project from said post at intervals and are preferably alternately arranged and form means whereby a person may mount the post where it is desired to do so for having access to the wires which are mounted upon the bracket arms N.

In o eration, the base portion A with its flangec. endv are buried. beneath the surface of the ground any suitable distance, the upper end of said member being preferably flush with the top of the surface of the ground about the marginal edge of the opening in which said base is positioned. After the earth has been filled in about the flanged end of the base, the collar B is telescoped over the ,upper portion of the socket member a slight distance below the surface of the ground and a farther distance from the ilanging base. The earth is then filled in upon the top of the collar and surrounding the angled arms forms a secure anchorage for bracing and holding securely the upper portion of the socket member as will be readily understood. By the provision of the flange about the collar, the latter is reinforced and serves to coperate with the arms to securely hold the socket member in a vertical position.

What I claim to be new iszl An anchorage for telegraph, telephone poles, etc., comprising a socket member, the lower end of which is flaring and the shank portion hollow, a post telescoping within said socket member, a set screw mounted in a threaded aperture in the latter' and engaging said post, a collar telescoping over the shank portion of said member and its upper movement limited by said set screw, said collar having radial angled arms, the ends of which are vertically disposed, as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afIiX my signature in the presence of two witnesses. JOHN D. SELF.

Witnesses:

B. WATSON, J. C. NELSON. 

